The French Quarter’s Last Remaining School Reopens

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Written By Shawn Fink
August 2025

When the “Little Red Schoolhouse” closed two years ago, the neighborhood feared the historic building would be commercially developed. But this week, officers from the 8th District and “Patch,” their mini-horse mascot, welcomed Lyceé Francais students back to the French Quarter.

- photos by Shawn Fink

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Read why the school matters so much to Quarterites in “Love Letter to French Quarter Residents,” March 2024, by Mark Orfila.

This feature is underwritten in part by Calli Weirick, Agent, New York Life Insurance Company

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Shawn Fink

Shawn Fink is a New Orleans-based photographer and photojournalist whose work has been featured in publications including the New York Times, the Washington Post, USA Today, the LA Times, the Wall Street Journal, Agence France-Presse, VOGUE, The TImes Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate, Huffington Post, New Orleans Magazine and WHERE magazine.

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